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David's Tip of the Day: A Better Way to Practice by Noa Kageyama (and my thoughts)

Posted Wed, 04/06/2016 - 07:24 by David Barrett Admin
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http://lifehacker.com/5939374/a-better-way-to-practice

A nice article shared to me by Jon Harl (thanks Jon) on how to improve the quality of your practice time. Under “How to Accelerate Skill Development” item 2, labeled “Timing is everything, too” I recommend you base what you’re practicing on your daily energy curve. continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Radiant = Big Tone

Posted Fri, 05/22/2015 - 07:24 by David Barrett Admin
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Yesterday I shared with you the important tip of using a yawn to create an embouchure conducive to creating big tone. Today I share the second element of how I create big tone on the harmonica... it's the word "radiant." This helps me to both play softly and direct warm/radiant air through the harmonica. Playing softly is at the core of controlled technique and the ability to play with dynamics (playing softly as your default provides a large dynamic range in performance). continue reading...

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